Spencer v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance

Decided May 10, 1980. Harold Herd wrote the opinion for the court.

611 P.2d 149 · Cited 74 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Farris v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 587 P.2d 1015
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Lawton v. Great Southwest Fire Insurance · 118 N.H. 607
• Moffet v. Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance · 244 P.2d 228
• Anderson v. Continental Insurance · 271 N.W.2d 368
• Bollinger v. Nuss · 449 P.2d 502
• Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 219 U.S. 498
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Bennett v. Conrady · 305 P.2d 823
• A.A.A. Pool Service & Supply, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 395 A.2d 724
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
• Vernon Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Sharp · 349 N.E.2d 173
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Peterson · 540 P.2d 1070
• Nordstrom v. Miller · 605 P.2d 545
• Ledingham v. Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corp. · 330 N.E.2d 540
• Modern Air Conditioning, Inc. v. Cinderella Homes, Inc. · 596 P.2d 816
• Van Hoozer v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 549 P.2d 1354
• Ledingham v. Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corp. · 356 N.E.2d 75
• Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Schropp · 567 P.2d 1359
• Richardson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. · 25 Cal. App. 3d 232
• Venable v. Import Volkswagen, Inc. · 519 P.2d 667
• Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Carr · 528 P.2d 134
• Forrester Ex Rel. Forrester v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 517 P.2d 173
• Temmen v. Kent-Brown Chevrolet Co. · 605 P.2d 95

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• Aves Ex Rel. Aves v. Shah · 258 Kan. 506
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Liggett · 689 P.2d 1187
• Best Place, Inc. v. Penn America Insurance Co. · 920 P.2d 334
• Smith v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance · 842 F. Supp. 1373
• Wolverton v. Bullock · 35 F. Supp. 2d 1278
• M-Z Entersprises, Inc. v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co. · 318 N.W.2d 408
• NL Industries, Inc. v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. · 650 F. Supp. 1115
• Rodgers v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance · 539 F. Supp. 879
• Travelers Insurance Co. v. Savio · 706 P.2d 1258
• White v. Unigard Mutual Insurance · 730 P.2d 1014
• Guarantee Abstract & Title Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. · 652 P.2d 665
• Gottstein v. National Ass'n for the Self Employed · 53 F. Supp. 2d 1212
• Roberts v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 374 N.W.2d 905
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Nicholson · 777 P.2d 1152
• Payless Shoesource, Inc. v. Travelers Companies, Inc. · 569 F. Supp. 2d 1189
• Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance v. Miller · 696 P.2d 961
• Boyd Motors, Inc. v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 670 F. Supp. 310
• Universe Life Insurance v. Giles · 950 S.W.2d 48
• Noble v. National American Life Insurance · 624 P.2d 866
• Waste Connections of Kansas, Inc. v. Ritchie Corp. · 296 Kan. 943
• Braesch v. Union Insurance · 464 N.W.2d 769
• Clearwater v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 792 P.2d 719
• O'Bryan v. Columbia Insurance Group · 56 P.3d 789
• Nungesser v. Bryant · 153 P.3d 1277

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